Ummm, 2Pac was supposed to perform at the San Jose Arena the week after he died...obviously he didn't make it...
Anyhow, Dre is the king of the west...now if we're talking about rappers, sorry to bust y'all bubbles, but it's nobody from the Bay Area. E-40 might be the king of Northern Cali, but he's not doin thangs like a lot of rappers. Crooked I, if his album ever drops, will take the crown....but for right now, Dre is the KING of rap music period...and 2Pac still holds the rappers crown...those are the 2 cats that represent California to this day throughout the nation and the entire world...ain't no Bay Area rapper holding it down like that.